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Personal

  • THEATRE
  • accessibility & inclusivity first
  • personal & intimate storytelling
  • hilarious & profound
  • First time in Aotearoa

Jodee Mundy Collaborations & Quiet RIOT · Written and performed by Jodee Mundy OAM

What’s it like to live in a Deaf family, where using sign language is natural, in a society that sees only your family’s disability with voyeuristic curiosity? One of the most poignant, engaging and perceptively funny theatre pieces we’ve discovered in a while, Personal is artist Jodee Mundy’s story of being CODA (child of Deaf adults). Her experience as the only hearing person in a Deaf family — something she first realised when she was lost in a Kmart as a five-year-old — is cleverly portrayed through performance, storytelling, multimedia and animation, all with a lightness of touch that’s truly captivating.

Jodee Mundy is an interdisciplinary artist and cultural leader based in Melbourne. She lives with a chronic illness and identifies as an artist with an acquired disability. Bilingual in Auslan (Australian Sign Language) and English, she is the only person who hears in her all-Deaf family and is a CODA. First presented in 2018, her solo performance of Personal explores the role children of Deaf adults play in paving the way for their family — as interpreter, authority, conduit. It was created with a talented team of collaborators and is presented in two languages via a virtual interpreter. 

   


Accessible shows & ticket details

Audio Described Performance
Sun 9 March, 3.30pm Audio Described Performance (Touch Tour time tbc)

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Relaxed Performance
Sun 9 March 3.30pm performance (Pre-show demo time tbc)

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Deaf and Hard of Hearing Accessible Performances

All performances are bilingual (English and Auslan)

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$30 for Under 30 

$30 Tickets for under 30s are available for this event, photo ID may need to be presented at the venue.
        

*Adult prices no restrictions
This show is recommended for audiences aged 8+
Personal is presented in Australian Sign Language, English and is open captioned.
image by Jade Ellis

GA From $59-$69*


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Dates

  • Thu
    06
    Rangatira, Q Theatre
    7.30pm
  • Fri
    07
    Rangatira, Q Theatre
    7.30pm
  • Sat
    08
    Rangatira, Q Theatre
    3.30pm
  • Sat
    08
    Rangatira, Q Theatre
    7.30pm
  • Sun
    09
    Rangatira, Q Theatre
    3.30pm

Duration

55mins no interval

305 Queen Street
Auckland 1010

09 309 9771
qtheatre.co.nz

Accessibility

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With support from

“Jodee Mundy’s Personal is a winning and inclusive tonic, consistently hilarious and informative.”

Time Out

“Personal, aside from a triumphant piece of performance and live theatre, does something special; it bridges divides, it removes, within this context, “us” and “them”. Not often does theatre, despite the best of intentions, achieve such heights.”

Melbourne Critique

“This is a notable and important example of where access is not part of the performance, access is the performance.”

Arts Hub

Credits

Creator, Writer & Performer
  • Jodee Mundy OAM
Director
  • Merophie Carr
Producer
  • Linda Catalano
Set & Lighting Design
  • Jen Hector
Sound Design
  • Madeleine Flynn
  • Tim Humphrey
Video Design
  • Rhian Hinkley
Script Dramaturg
  • Sandra Fiona Long
Movement Consultant
  • Jo Dunbar
Auslan Translation Consultant
  • Gavin Rose-Mundy
Technical Manager
  • Jen Hector
Touring Stage and Technical Manager
  • Toni Pixleton

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